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Mood:
- ExcitingSuspenseful
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Plot:
- BetrayalVengeanceFriendshipDishonestyEscapadesHeroesLove and RomanceRivalry more...
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Genres:
- ActionAdventureDramaPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 18th Century
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Place:
- Island
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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- Twists and Turns
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- Based on Book
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The Count of Monte Cristo , 2002
English
UK, USA, Ireland
Profile of The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo can be described as exciting and suspenseful. The plot revolves around betrayal, vengeance, and friendship. The main genres are drama, action, and adventure. In terms of style, The Count of Monte Cristo involves twists and turns. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, on an island. The Count of Monte Cristo takes place in the 18th century. It is based on a book. The movie has received attention for being critically acclaimed. Note that The Count of Monte Cristo involves violent content.
Summary of The Count of Monte Cristo
In this highly entertaining, beautifully photographed rekindling of the classic French novel by Alexandre Dumas, director Kevin Reynolds choreographs a fantastic adventure replete with breathtaking scenery, fiery swashbuckling battles, lavish costumes, and, above all else, sweet revenge. In 19th-century Marseille, Edmond Dantès (Jim Caviezel) is the optimistic but uneducated son of a sea captain. He cherishes his friendship with the son of a count, Mondego (Guy Pearce), and is deeply in love with his fiancée, Mercedes (Dagmara Dominczyk). Young Dantès is so innocent and naive that it is positively shocking when Mondego turns on him, accusing him of treason, and having him sentenced to life in the dreary dungeon of Chateau D'If. Years of isolation and torture nearly defeat the revenge-thirsty Dantès, but with the help of invaluable lessons from the Abbé Faria (Richard Harris), his luck slowly changes. An incredible prison break starts Dantès on his way to a new life, and from there Reynolds' COUNT truly takes off. Battles with pirates lead to hunts for sunken ocean treasure, and soon Dantes is living in Marseille as the transformed, newly rich, self-proclaimed Count of Monte Cristo. Installed in a ritzy chateau, he slowly unfurls his excrutiatingly careful plans to exact his revenge on Mondego and all those who ever wronged him.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK, USA, Ireland |
| Release date: | 25 January 2002 |
| Runtime: | 134 min |
Cast and Crew
as Edmond Dantes
as Fernand Mondego
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Critics Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
The stuff of high romance, brought off with considerable wit, too. People are going to love it.
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- by: Bob Graham
Variety
A lavishly mounted and appealingly old-fashioned swashbuckler with nary a trace of wink-wink irony or revisionist embellishment.
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- by: Joe Leydon
Users Reviews
I loved this movie. Pearce comes off adequately narcissistic and Caveizal made innocence spurned look effortless. I read the novel in high school and had forgotten the story, so it was like being exposed to Dumas anew. Fantastic story of love and...
- 30.June.2010
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- by: Rodney Wollam
- Rodney Wollam rated this movie
0/10
Beautifully scenic, the tale is one of a life of survival. The story is of course classic and based of the book. NOT TO BE MISSED!
- 03.November.2008
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- by: Clay55
- Clay55 rated this movie6/10Okay
